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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1924
Page
4
Tokyo announces six high powered broadcasting stations will be built in major cities by January. Private firms will own and operate them with coordinated programs. Receivers will be permitted once stations are completed. Programs may include lectures, piano recitals, orchestral music, bedtime stories and phonograph broadcasts.
DETROIT December 15 Wine pudding may punch a person, Hattie Wilson thirty three admitted it in court Judge Harry Keldan ordered ten days in the House of Correction or a ten dollar fine Miss Wilson said she would never eat wine pudding again after the verdict.
Officials note outlaw radio sets are proliferating in Japan with hundreds of sets made monthly and thousands imported from the United States and other nations. After banning broadcasting stations were removed, listening in is expected to become widespread among Japanese people.
Fire at the Brownhelm home of Mr and Mrs Fred Brandan caused only minor damage as the blaze was extinguished quickly. Various church meetings and club events are announced including St Peters church meetings this week and a Christmas program rehearsal. Glen Date named high school basketball captain as the M FE Mite Society postpones events.
Metzger of Cleveland spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs George Schroeder Wade Wetzle spent Sunday in Akron Robert Nevins week end visitor in Cleveland Mr and Mrs A Conrad of Lorain spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Jack Whyte Mr McLeod Lorain visitor Sunday Mr and Mrs A Baker and son Russell Wellington visitors Sunday Mr and Mrs Smith McAlpine Cleveland were Sunday visitors of Dr and Mrs W C Schaeffer Born to Mr and Mrs John Fritz a son Mr and Mrs L P Kiser and family of Elyria visited Mr and Mrs Chas Cheeseman Sunday Miss Lulu Mansh of Vermilion visited Mr and Mrs Irrank Foster Sunday Mrs Minnie Delbridee and daughter Beatrice returned to Cleveland after spending the week end here POV McGarvey better from illness Mr and Mrs Ed Schroeder and family spent Saturday in Lorain Mr and Mrs Elmer Gall spent Sunday in Oberlin with her parents.
Receipts totals include cattle 1800 with prices 25¢ lower for top steers and cows varying by grade. Calves receipts 700 with real calves 11-12.50 and 8-11 for others. Sheep and lambs receipts 2000 with lambs 16-17, ewes 8-9. Hogs receipts 500 with values 9.5-10 for heavies and various others.
The item lists prices for Cleveland produce including butter eggs cheese poultry and fruits with figures like 60 for fresh, 24 for York State cheese, and potatoes 165 to 175 per sack. It ends with a pair of proverbs about indecision and friendship reflecting the era's voice.
The article traces Christmas origin myths from 1846 London Christmas cards to robins as the Savior’s Bird, holly and mistletoe symbolism, and the growth of kissing under mistletoe. It links plum pudding and mince pies to the Wise Men’s gifts, Epiphany practices, and legends about cattle blessings on Christmas Eve.
Toledo Ohio market notes butter 47 to 48 cents per pound eggs fresh 63 cents country run 55 cents. grain Timothy Timuthy No 1 $18.50 No 2 $18.00. alfalfa $22.50 per unit.
Los Angeles case details Ralph Brunner who ate onions daily and demanded kisses. Margaret Brunner testified the habit led to marital strife and she obtained a divorce after he declared he would not stay if he could not eat all the onions he wanted.
The piece cautions during Christmas shopping to guard against colds that may lead to grip and pneumonia. It promotes Father John's Medicine as effective over 69 years in treatment and prevention, describing it as wholesome food medicine with gentle laxative effects and no alcohol or dangerous drugs.
In Butte Montana, December 15, John H. Fotas, a local restaurant keeper, fired at waitress Patsy Davis after a customer gave her a kewpie doll. The bullets grazed her hair and caused no injury. Fotas then shot himself, dying en route to the hospital. The article ends with a note that a spender takes the hoarder’s property.
In California, a wedding took place at the Placer Country Club where Jas M Robinson of Auburn, 42, wed Violet Raasha of Balt Lake, 35. The ceremony was witnessed by the minutes and celebrated amid local ceremony customs.
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